George Scribner

George Scribner (born September 28, 1952) is an artist, director and animator that belongs to the rare group of artists that has directed a feature film for Universal Studios.

Scribner was born and raised in the Republic of Panama, where he attended grade schools and drew his way through most of his classes. After attending The Bolles School in Florida, he majored in film at Emerson College in Boston and moved to Los Angeles to pursue animation and joined Hanna Barbera Productions. He became an animator at the Universal Studios in the mid 80s and it is in 1988 that he directed Oliver & Company. He also directed the featurette The Prince and the Pauper, starring Mickey Mouse in a duo roll playing both himself and the Prince. After working on numerous other features, he was originally going to co-direct The Lion King.

He's currently the animation director for Walt Disney Imagineering where he's directed Mickey's PhilharMagic (uncredited), Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Scribner is currently documenting the expansion of the Panama Canal through a series of paintings that capture both the magnitude of the project as well as the unique culture and stories of the people of Panama. The paintings can be found on his official website listed below.

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